In a move that should surprise very few people Dan.com is going to be integrating more closely with Afternic. Both Afternic and Dan are owned by GoDaddy, so the two aftermarket services working together makes a lot of sense. In an email to users Dan.com announced that the integration is live since last week. If you'd already opted in to Dan's "Open Domain Distribution … [Read more...] about Dan to Integrate With Afternic DLS
Domain Pulse Opens Registration
Domain Pulse will be held in Switzerland next year in Winterthur, which is close to Zurich. The event's theme for 2023 is "Internet as critical infrastructure: Maintain sovereignty and protect from abuse" and will run over two days. Where? Winterthur, Switzerland When? February 6 -7, 2023 Registration is free, but is compulsory. You can do it here. Domain Pulse … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse Opens Registration
New Zealand Switches to Canadian Software Backend
Earlier this week the .nz registry announced that they'd made the switch to CIRA's (the .ca domain name registry) domain registry backend software. CIRA have been quite successful in winning over country code operators to switch to using CIRA's software to run their backend systems. The .ie ccTLD switched over to the CIRA system previously. In both cases the software and … [Read more...] about New Zealand Switches to Canadian Software Backend
Ye Buying Parler
Remember Parler? While it might not be garnering as much media attention these days as it did back in early 2021, it's still around. And it looks like it's going to be owned by Ye (the artist who used to be known as Kanye West). I saw a tweet and blog post about the news from DomainGang and assumed it was parody, but no. Reality is stranger than fiction. You can read the … [Read more...] about Ye Buying Parler
Kieren McCarthy Elected to Nominet Board
Last Friday the elections for Nominet's Board closed. There were three candidates for one position as a non-executive director (NED), with two lawyers and a journalist running. As I mentioned previously one of the topics that candidates were quite vocal about was Nominet's investment and subsequent sale of their cyber security interests in the US. Over the course of the … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy Elected to Nominet Board
RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
RIPE is on the lookout for hosts for some of its upcoming meetings. Right now they're specifically looking for hosts for two meetings: RIPE 87 which is to run from November 27th 2023 to December 1st 2023 and RIPE 88 which is scheduled from 13th to 17th of May 2024. You can read more about what's involved here. … [Read more...] about RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
Nordic Domain Days Announces 2023 Dates
Nordic Domain Days will be held next year in Stockholm in May 2023. When? May 8th and 9th, with some welcome events and dinner on the 7th Where? Stockholm, Sweden Further details about the event will be released over the coming weeks and months, but for now you can pencil the dates in. … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces 2023 Dates
NewFold Digital to Acquire Mark Monitor
Mark Monitor is to be acquired by NewFold Digital from its current owners Clarivate. Mark Monitor is one of the longest established corporate domain name registrars and provides services to many of the Fortune 500 companies. The deal sees the company swapping hands for $302.5 million. The company was originally founded in Boise back in 1999. It was previously acquired … [Read more...] about NewFold Digital to Acquire Mark Monitor
Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Nairobi
For the past two years the Africa DNS forum, like so many other events, switched to a virtual event format. This year, however, the event will be held in person in Nairobi, Kenya. When? 5-6 October Where? Nairobi, Kenya Full information about the event will be available on the official event site here. Registration is free. I was at the last "in person" … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Nairobi
Nominet Election Candidates 2022 Finally Announced
This year Nominet's non-executive director election is for one seat on the board. For reasons that aren't 100% clear the announcement of the candidates took quite a bit longer than normal, with the list only being made official in the last week. So who is running for election this time round? Jim DaviesVolker GreimannKieren McCarthy While anyone can be nominated to the … [Read more...] about Nominet Election Candidates 2022 Finally Announced